Project Team
Marcos Llobera, DPhilMarcos is one of the co-directors of the project and an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington. He earned his doctorate at the University of Oxford and worked in several UK institutions (Oxford, UCL, Southampton) before coming to the UW in 2005. His main area of specialization is landscape archaeology. Within this field he is particularly interested in the integration of theory and archaeological practices, the development of new field survey methods and the use of digital technology. He has participated in various archaeological projects in the Mediterranean, most recently co-directing La Balagne Landscape Project in NW Corsica, and elsewhere.
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Jordi Hernández-Gasch, PhDOriginally from Barcelona, Jordi is one of the co-directors of the project and a very experienced archaeologist regarding the pre-history of Mallorca. He earned his doctorate at the University of Barcelona (his thesis was on the Son Real necropolis) and later studied at Oxford University, where he was a fellow at the Donald Baden-Powell Quaternary Research Centre (at the time part of the Pitt Rivers Museum). Dr. Hernández also specializes in proto-history commerce in the western Mediterranean. He has directed many archaeological projects in the Balearics, e.g. the necropolis of Son Real and S'Illa des Porros, the prehistoric santuary of Punta des Patró, prehistoric village of Ses Païsses and Biniparratx Petit, many of which are still ongoing.
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Antoni Puig, PhDAntoni is a local archaeologist and co-director of the project. He completed his doctorate at the University of Barcelona, writing his dissertation on the Integration of Mallorca into the Roman World. While in Barcelona, Antoni worked on several archaeological research projects throughout Europe (Austria, Germany, and Italy).
He has worked leading archaeological teams to excavate the Paleo-Christian Basilica of Son Peretó (Mallorca) and the Roman site at Monte Testaccio in Rome. He has excavated for several years at various Roman sites in Spain such as Clunia in Burgos and Pollentia in Mallorca. |
Jacob Deppen, MAJacob is a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Washington. He received his BA in Anthropology from The Ohio State University in 2008 and his MA from UW in 2010. Jacob has participated in a variety of field projects in places such as southwest Ohio, eastern Hungary, Puget Sound, and, since 2014, Mallorca.
His dissertation research is related to some of the major goals of the LEIA Project. His work seeks to better understand how increased interaction between Mallorcan and Punic peoples may have led to changes in local Mallorcan society during the Late Iron Age. He is specifically studying how local hand-made pottery traditions may have changed after the introduction of foreign wheel-made vessels. |
Pere RullanPere is a native of Mallorca, from the village of Valldemossa. He has a degree in history from the Universitat de les Illes Balears. Pere has worked at many sites in Mallorca, including with William Waldren in the prehistoric archaeological sites of Son Ferrandell, Son Oleza, and Son Mas, as well as at Almallutx, an Islamic period site in the northern Serra de Tramuntana mountain range. He has been a part of numerous campaigns at Mestre Ramon, including serving as the volunteer coordinator for the International Social Service campaigns and as a part of the LEIA Project team since 2014. In addition to his many field projects, Pere writes about archaeology and heritage for a local magazine in Valldemossa.
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Alec Iacobucci
Alec is a PhD student at the University of Washington. He received his BA in French with a minor in anthropology from SUNY Geneseo in 2015. He did his MA in anthropology at SUNY Buffalo and joined the LEIA Project in the summer of 2018. He has done field work in Roman Portugal, Iron Age France, and throughout Western New York State.
His current dissertation research involves macro-analysis of handmade Mallorcan ceramics. |